The Sun. — London, England, 1826-09-11 00:00:00

.141 , 1R1T OF TIIE PUBLIC JOURNALS. A correspondent asks us, with some indignation, wheth er we can ever again support Catholic emancipatioe, after the *burning of a Jew, or other " heretic," under the influence of the Spanish priesthootb We; or tint inicestors, might As well : have been asked, whether anv limiest man could serve the church and state of England, as; by law established, when so many poor old Winner! were, even so late as the end of the 17th cen t ury , ha nge d for being ' witches. Now, we would suggest; to our correspondent, the poseihility of such horrors oceurring at the present (laymn not so much evidences ngaiest the spirit of the Catholic Church, as against the gross ignorance and brutalized degradation of the e(eurdr-- :y - whatever it, may be, in which they happen to be perpetrated. If it were a natural consequence of the adniission of lay Catholics to power that the, roasting of heretics should follow it, let us ask, why instances like that of the poor Jew at Valencia are not multiplied in other states of Europe, where the Government is exclusively Catholics, wher e it is administered by lay :Catholics only, or even exclusively by Catholic prima ? Further, es aMe more decidedly analogous' to what. that of Englund would he if emancipation were carried, why do not ,-similar atro cities betray themselves where there t a mixed Catholic and Protestant administratiim ? Yet, do we_find that Jews or heretics haVe been bitterly condemned to death under the Austrian Governme»t, which is altogether and religiously Catholic, or at Rome itself, where the priests are paramount rulers of the country--L or in France, where Protestants beings weak minority are admitted to a pqticip4tioit in the state,. and are in just sufficient power to awaken the anger of the predominent commiution. Can our anti-Catholic, corm spondent; again assume the possibility-that the Catholic ChUrch, if ever so rigorously disposed, would be permitted by the Protestant majority to indulge itselfin an au/0 da fc against the heretics ? Was such a thing ever dreamed of since the days of bloody, Mary—when Catholicism was fresh bleeding under the wounds inflicted by her father, and when the age itself was one in which both Protestant and Catholic avenged himself on his enemy by fire ? But the truth is, that this latedipanish murder bears evidence against the intellectual hiobarisin of the, Spanish multitude, as contrasted with the general civilisation of Europe. Po s . litieal fears and selfish interests have inflamed to madness the passions of that body who now have hold by ea slender thread of the power and property of the kingdom. No thing like it happened under the Cortes ; thereforo we say, when the people have more power—more conscious re-; sponsibility—more exercise for their common seine—they will become less amenable to savage and brutal impulses, We say in like, manner of the Irish—give them political sympathies with English Protestants, and you will do more to enlighten the Catholic mind .Of Ireland in a day, than by consigning it to the leading-strings of the priests for the remainder of the I.9th eentury.—Tinies. • Lord Chancellor Eldon has sat through the dog days, and continues to sit in his Court of Chancery, if not for the despateh of business, or the relief of suitors, at least we may presume, to the satisfaction of his Lordship's (inn professional taste, his eenvenience . as a Cabinet Minister, and the dissipation of ennui. There is something no doubt highly edifying and imposing in the sight of a learned Lord, with th'e paraphernalia of his formidable office about him, (while the leading Counsel arc all enjoying their short'and hatd-earned holyday in the country), mooting points of practice with some half-dozen minor Members of the bar, languishing through a few mere matters of form, and affecting to redeem the arrear of laihstatitial business, which bad been accumulating for twenty Years, by this make-believe assiduity at a period of the season when pro fessional men and clients are' equally unable to attend him. Now this sacrifice of a portion of the long vacation was never one among the reforms recommended for our equity system. Nor, we take leave to stegyeet, wool;l the innovation ever have been thought of by a noble personage, had not a political necessity or supposed necessity for his presence near London, on grounds which had no sort of connexion with his duty as a Judge, retained him within the jog-trot distance of the Court of Chancery, and hit him. no alter , native but that of performing to empty benches there, or dying of the blue deVils at llyde.park.:corner: At 'the same time, there is perhaps no serious fear of either PM' liament or the public being deceived on this point ; though we shall not be surprised, if next cession, When the Chan cery report is twder discussion, : some: pompous allusions are made by his supporters to this extraordinary zeal and as d ; . We did not make a, single comment upon the order issned for leqing . duties on American vessels trading to the .West Indies. This order has been hailed by the ad yeeates of - reatrietioit ast. the harbinger of a change of sys tem. W,e do not think so; iid.we have reason to think that more than one lesson will be read to these sticklers for antiquity by the operation of that necessary measure. We are not surprized to find that the Jamaica Colonists do not. relish the proceeding, though their good sense must soon show them the necessity. The only miracle was that they submitted so long as they did to our restrictions. We it to the planters of Jamaica to answer the sneepi of the writer in Blackwood on that part of Mr. Ilus kisson's admirable .:lieech, in which he traced, from his torical facts, the separation of our North American .Colo nies in c. groat measure to the Vexatious system by which their trade was regulated. We sincerely .wish that the lesson .may not be carried too far. If it depended upon writers like those to whom we. have 'alluded, we should soon see Jamaica and our West India Colonies part and parcel of the United States." The following letter may give some idea of their feelings on the subject : Extract of a letter from Jamaica, dated 10th July, 1826 We continue to have a good trade with America, uR you will ste by the. Jamaica Papers.. lint this trade is likely to be inter rupted for snow time by a Treasury order to the Co' Hector to re.l ceive all duties upon foreign produce. The Receiver-Generd' iS bound to collect the same 'under the Island Acts; and we sore them ! fore at. this moment paying both. Voles* . this Treasury 'order be countermanded, great vexation May arise to trade, if the eireinn. Orme tines not cause some angry discussion when the Assembly meet, and prevent the How from doing what otherwise they are disposed to do."—British Press. Great pains have been taken to show (what the result has confirmed), (hat the apprehensions of the Landholden'4 f; a ruinous devil sine of prices, from the opening of the Foraigil (*rain, were altogether groundless, rind ]awed by intelligence of such opening - would at once be fol , t bp a great rise of prices in the Ports of the Coutinant. .01 what immense importance it is to be great ! We are al of US accutikil: • Landholdem v Their f l u tirting _the alarms of the mighty I N taken much to heart by all of its. Tears, we suppose, 4 ir ut j v a . n even been shed on reading the e e p h a a t r h d e s t h i i c p P nrt i rles n :33,tidantr of C l ; st ra e h ili m es, s fo p h a t i :d 'il e il d ik a 4 s ', far hack as the time of the CoutiU e , t , being no loner pay interest to .few mortmees, eep up a d'Fnglial k t . to hospitality in the family mansion att.he 1 :being, therefore, oblige to hide thelei,ehrteortimel and or two in foreign countries. We rejoice at their pray- perity, and sympathise with them in their depressions. "- b ut w hil e ~„e are occupied so much with the possible .sequences of a change in the Corn Laws to the Lords of our soil, we do not seem to think it worth - while Co be stow a moment's consideration on the millions on the Con, tinent who must be condemned to the greatest, 'privations; by the operation of Our Corn Laws at this time, 'these poor people are sacrificed without the least consideration to the precious system devise(' for the protection of our Landowners. We think it nothing to suspend all inter courae.with the corn-growing countries for a series o f years, irE comegnenceOf which the cultivators cease to think of producing for our market, and when scarcity threatens the public trattqutillity, suddenly to open our ports, thereby ruing prices in the exporting countries to a - level with the artificial pric(s• here. We think it nothing, whenever it suits the conveniency of our Landholders, to !Auntie the great body of the, people: in extensive kingdoms, in the most overwhelming distress, by raising !bed suddenly to what to them must be a famine price. The nations are thus made the, sport of the caprice of the English Aristocracy. We hail th e present open ing- Odle ports , as likelt to 7 c - pt ,lead to the destruction or the Corn monopoly. We hail it as likely not merely to ,arrest the rise of prices in this country, and to create a commerce which will give new life to our distressed manufacturing establishments, but to • be attended with perma►►ent benefit to both this country her continental neighbours. But if, after this severe trial, to which we haVe placed the poor people, in many countries of tl►e Continent, by throwing on them the con- Xneetc of our famine, we were once more to shut our in Order to 'perpetuate the artificial system of prices, *certainly could not blame forsign Governments, were tRy to determine against all intercourse with a. country, ruled by a class so utterly 'regardless of the expense of human suffering at which they fill their poeliets. But we trust the system will not be perpetuated, and we shall no longer be the scourge of other nations. A beneficial com merce, we trust, will spring up. The thinly peopled countries on the Baltic will apply themselves to the only industry for which they are fitted, receiving in return for their food, the produce of those manufactures which our dense population must be employed in. We shall be gainers by the proverity ot' each other.—lllorning Clam nide. POLICE INTELLIGENCE. MANSION-1101JSE.--Un Saturday a little gill named Con nor, the ilsughter of a woman who sells fruit in the streets, Waft brought before the Loan MAYOR, charged h er mother with having run away from her, to 6:4::ist, in begging, a woman named Jonima, who, it was suit!, • had .. indumd UpWards of 100 little girli to lint themselves under her tuition at different times to he instructed ih the art. The statement was to the Aiming effect :—The daughter, who. is only eleven years of age, became acquainted with some idle children, whosb parents Ahmed them tet ' rove about the streets from morning till night. As the mother pursued her business in the streets, the daughter had opportunities of associating • with several young vagabonds of the same sex, and thought nothing of staying out all night. The beggar-woman alluded to, was in the habit of going through the streets eceompanied by several of these children, between any one of whom and herself there was no natural tie. They all appeared in tatters, and passengers were touched with pity at the sight of the poor mendicant and her naked and !starving family. Others of the family were to 'he seen shiver ing in the streets with a " nap'orth of matches" in their halal*, and "not a few carried laces about for sale. As might be expected the miserable children soon entered upon a worse line of business, for which they found encouragement amongst sonic old miscreants about the Royal Exchange, where they were to be often seen in gangs running after their hoary aequaintances. There are many low lodging-houses abotit Whitechapel, where moths are fitted - up for the beggars of London, but the officers Stated,,that at these houses the females have apartments to which the men who are in the same trade are- notadmitted, and indeed; in which indecent conduct is checked by the presence of superintendents. When the infant de fendant was asked why she had left her mother, sled where she had slept lately, she replied that she could not stay at home for want Of victuals, and that she slept in a lodging-house in Wentworth-street, where she paid fourpence a night for' a share of a bed. " nut how," said the Loan MAvoa, " do you get a • liveli hood?" Thttgirl replied that she regularly earned from 9d. to I td. a day by selling laces, and that she lived well upon tad. or 9d. a day, which left her the price of her bed. A great many of her acquaintance supported themselVes in the same Manner, and were not looked atter by their parents. The Loan .144 von, seeing that .the mother of the child had two . " black eyes," expressed his tear that the example was a bad one. " Oh no, toy lord," said Mrs.. Connor; "I got those black eyes for taking the part of a friend. It was friendship, and nothing had, that gave them to me." - The officers said the little girl appeared to. be wholly neglected, and belonged to it gang of those little vagaltonds who are daily to be seen about 'Change, and thk'she had Smite months ago been ap mhentled sts. it common nuisance in that neighbourhood. The Lotto. , MAyoa said that be never witnessed such gross neglect upon the part of parents with respect to their children as he had observed amongst the lower orders in the metro polis. It appeared, indeed, that in a vest number of cases children were left to shift for themselves us soon as they were able tolwallto Ho belieVed that this abandontneut of poor • children arose front the encouragement given to fruit women to stand iii the streets when they might to he at home with their families, arid showed the neewasity of checking that practice. Hit, t. t i r o.thip de sired the complainant to take her daughter home, and take more mere of her. She said it would be all useless, Peggy would run away from her again, and would come to a miserable end if not kept.away front the iwgurs. His Loansnir said be could not punish the girl. He be lieved that she had been grossly neglected,. and what could by expected to' arise front parental eareleSsness but filial disregard? He desired that an officer should inquire into the particulars of the mother's conduct, and gave directions with regard to the un fortunate child. quiLiniALL.—On Saturday Mr. Frederick William Stephens was brought up for final examination betbre Sir PVT KR Lauata, charged with willfully &tonging and cutting the dresses of two females in Bartholomew Fair. Mr. Harmer appeared on the part of the defendant, who was attended by'a host of respectable friends. 'Before the case was called on, the Alderman held a long coo ',irritation with the City Solicitor, to ascertain whether the uric (lOW not be treated ai a more serious one than merel an offence under the Small Trespass Act ; Sir Peter seeming to be careful that an order to make compensation for the spoil committed, and pay the expenses of conviction, was a kind of punishment insuffi cient to repress this mischievous sort of joke. Mrs. Currey's former evidence being read over to her, and she having stated that she had nothing to add thereto, Sir Prse: risked her if any of her Clothes under the pelisse were also cut? Mrs. Currey replied, her petticoat was cut in two places. Sir he strike you at all, or did you feel Jilin :ugging at your dress? Currey.—No; when T tvas about to seize Nina, he tried to shuffle away by the Bide of the houses. Mr: Harmer.Z.-When you' aeized him, you nearly strangled I believe? You laid bold of his throat ? Mrs. Currey,..-..Plaid )►old of his collar. Mr. Ilarnier.—Ay, but not the collar of his coat ; you caught him by the throat? Mrs. Currey.—l seined him, and was determined not to lose Harmer.—Where do you livp, Mrs. Currey ? At this interrogatory the huly's cheek, began to flush, her eyes. to sparkle." I am not come here to-day, Sir, (retorted Mrii Currey most 'scornfully) to have my 'character tleeided. 1 am seeking. justice. What has my character to tin with the queation,? Mr. Harmer—Bless me, Madam, I have not said a single word about character. My question was not as to your,character. What can all this tenderness upon the subject mean ? Mrs. Currey--I have always conducted myself on the strictest principles—(a pause)—of paying every one their due. lam sine all my neighbours will speak to my respectability—my peaCeable and quiet conduct. Mr. Harmer—Dear me, Madam ! now, who has doubted that you pay your debts, and may he a quiet neighbour? Not a syl lable has been said to call for such an observation.. Sir Prrea, begged the lady not to be irritated by the questions Mr. Milner might put. There was no imputation thrown upon her character, and she should be protected while giving her testimony. Mr. Harmer—lt appears you Went to the fair at a late hear for to respectable a lady. Mrs. Currey---Not at all, Sir. I save many respectable ladiei there, late as it was. Mr. parmer—You must Mean genteelly dressed, that's all.— You say th e s ilk o f y our dr ess c ost four guineas ; what may it have been worth altogether ? Mrs. Currey said she would value it at 41. . . Sir Prrvit asked if it would cost 41. to replace the skirt, es that was the only part injured? Mrs: Currey Said she would he satisfied with 2/. Oh," said Mr. fl armer , 44 I don't wish the lady to undeivalue her thu s . I h ope d s h e would have fi xe d i t any where shove 51., because, that would have put the case out of the Magistrate's ju - risdiction at anco.—(A laugh.) ~The sup i my client is to pay s up ohj ect what ever w i t h h i m ; it istug character alone that he fethlnie ' etn ed about Pray, Madam, was there not a croWd and myglit there not he home mistake as to the person who did you the injury'?" eu4e Y (P 4 'KerV)-1. am sure he is the man that was I , l 7, o il e i r te A d t u t u h t ct ) ::*. T i mte Ywe no people near us but the pi 'llarmer—Why; whit pert of the fair could be so thin of Bilks at ten &clock? Mrs. -Currey.---I cannot tell. 1 am not acquainted, with Smithfield. It was upon tht pavement, and there was Mule crow ding a little before us. The dicer explained, that when he apprehended the defendant, his coat was buttoned froM top 'to bottom, except' the tniddio button, Where the scissors !night have been slipped into the waist coat pocket. The evidence of Misses Wellesley, Lee, and Brown, was then read over to them, in which each swore to distinctly seeing the prisoner in the act of cutting Mrs. Currey's dress. Mr. Harmer prudently refrained from putting any questions to then, foreseeing it could only tend to make them clinch their testimony'against the accused more firmly, which seemed already too circumstantial arid: positive. . Mis►s Wellesley, however, pointed out the' defendant's brother in the crowd of spectators present, as the person who assaulted her, by placing his, knee against her hip, and pushing her away from Mrs. Currey ; and this led to some cross-examina tion, but of no interest. The brother was in the Compter while the charge was being taken against the defendant, and so was Miss Wellesley, but she made no such accusation then. Atterwell, the officer, said Mrs. Currey had something , further. to state. A compromise ----. Mr. Harmer (interrupting him with great vehemence). .-...8e silent, Sir„--:your interference is most imprOper = the lady her self has told us her evidence, as taken down, Ls complete. Mrs. Currey, although interrupted by Mt. Harmer, who kept protesting in a louder pitch against her being beard, made, known that a stranger called at her house in Buckingham-street, the morning after the examination, and inquired if she would not he satisfied if the value of her clothes were sent to her ; " and now," said she, turning to Mr. Harmer with a proud look of defiance, what is your objection ?" " My objection, is, (replied Mr. Harmer) that to receive what you have stated would be contrary to the rules of evidence, be cause the (*entire did not conic fion► the defendant." The defendant, his father, and brother, all solemnly denied having made or authorized' such an application. • Mr. Harmer said, front the instructions he had received, he felt firmly convinced of the defendant's innocence. The gentleman to whom . he had beets articled (Mr. Booth, of Punster-court) had, front his remarkable steadiness, placed the utmost confidence in him, and intrusted him with thousands of pounds. He dwelt upon the impossibility of the defendant's being able, unperceived, to place a shepth over the points of the scissors, and convey them into his waistcoat pocket, he being seized and surrounded by three ladies at the very moment of committing the offence, as they re presented. He once saw a person in the fair scratch a lady down the hack with a rattle. She turned round instantly, and slapped the face of another gentleman, whom she mistook fur the offender, but who was really incapable of so insulting a lady ; and if she could be so mistaken in broad day-light, how much more likely was Mrs. Currey to make a mistake in the night? Whatever might be the situation in life of these females, the offence could not he palliated, and a:miscreant it must he who could be guilty of such misconduct. - He called Henry Alexander Stephens, who said he went to the fair with his brother, the defendant, and, after. parting with a younger brother and his fellow-apprentice, at, the corner of Hosier-lane, they were returning home towards liartholomew-elose, when they came up to these ladies, end he let go his brother's arm to pass them. In doing so, his brother was seized by Mrs. Currey, one of the young ladies having called out "a man is cutting your clothes," and pointed to 'him: He thought Mrs. Currey would have Strangled him on the spot, and he went forward to his assist ance, saying he was his brother. He , was positive the defendant could not have cut the ladies' dresses. The scissors, it was found on reaching the Qmpter, would not cut silk ; but next morning, they having been in the officer's possemion in the mean time, they Would cut it with facility. The defendant's father, and Mr. Hubbard, who was examin ed before, swore the accused was a very paragon of sedate ness, and they believed him incapable of such an Offence. Mr. , Booth was ready to . bear testimony in the defendant's favour also, but • Sir PETER LAURVIC said, he felt there was a doubt as to who Was really the perpetrator of this act of wantonness. He be lieved the ladies did not come here to swear , falsely, but the brothel', who could not be mistaken, had sworn most positively that it was not the defendant Who committed the offence, and in dismissing him therefor«•, he felt he should be acting agreeably' to the opinion of every body in the room, as well as of the City So licitor and himself. As the defendant retired from like bar, he exclaimed *energeti cally, " If they were the hist words I to speak,.l would pro test I am innocent." The case of Ryan, charged with a similar offence, wan postponed. MARLBOROUG stout-hmking :iailor-like fellow, nuincumbered With • via, rwaisteott, shoe, stocking, or hat, was tirmight *hire Mr. Roe:, charged with hogging in St. Jfones'h-pllscc. The Magistrate asked for a short sketch of -his life, to sec whe ther ha: Was most art.ohject. tbr .pity or nuniSimieut• The prisoner !Jetfoil by telling that, his name wits Win. Walker, his country the United States of America, awl that he hi:longed as • a sailor to the merchants' service of that country ; that about three months ago he Was coming in the Ship to which he belonged (the John and Miuy) from Boston, bound for Bristol; that about 100 miles off the American coast the ship struck upon a rock, and went to pieces.; that there were 12 hands on board beaides the Captain ; they floated about for a good bit, until he (the pri soner) and five others of the crew were picked .up by a Bristol packet, which brought them wiry comfortably to that . port. " Well," said Mr. Boa, " and what became of the captain ?" PrisOner—Oh t, the captain was gone. " Gone ?" said ste. " gone where, was he drowned ?" " No," said the prisoner, " not drowned ; he was gone to America." Mr. Roz asked how he managed that ; was it on a piece of the wreck he Went ? " No," the priermer said ; " but about three hours before he and his five companions were picked up by the packet, the captain and the rest of the crew started off in the boat back home again." Mr. Ron said he thought this story not at all very probable, because surely if the captain only set off in the boat three 'hours before the coining up of the packet, the latter must certainly have been within sight when the captain started, and it was not likely that he would risk reaching the American coast in a boat when he discovered a vessel in sight. Mr. Roe then asked. what was the name of the rock they struck upon, was it a known or an un known rock ? The prisoner said that lie forgot the name of the rock, but it was one very well known, as it was laid down in charts, and yes, aels had been wrecked on it before. In answer to further'ques tions from the magistrate, he said that he had remained ever since, until thrce`daya ago, at Bristol, waiting for a ship to go out in, and the American Consul there allowed him 9d. a day, but dui , . ing that time there was no prospect of a ship at Bristol. The Consul told him that he must start off to London and sec . a b out a ship there ; so lie did set off, anti walked up in three days, yriv. ink in town here only about an hour before he was taken begging. 114)I: said, that another very improbahle part of his story was, that his Consul, who had behaved so kindly to him at Bristol as to allow him Pd. a day for solong a . time, should suddenly send him oirto London without any provision, or even a recommenda. Sion to the Consul here ; and besides, there was a greater probabi lity. Of getting a ably at Bristol than in London, or why did he not go to Liverpool, which was still better ? 'The Magistrate then said, that lie should send him to prison for seven days for begging, and when he came out, he could go to his Consul here, and if his story were correct, no doubt a ship would be provided fur him. MA RY LEBONE-OFFICE. —On Friday night, John dr Cabe, footman to Ott : Corfield, o f Grove-end-place, Regent's-park, w o e, placed at th e . r, charged with having attempted to defraud Mr.' G. Flint, of 103, in the Edgware-road. On :Friday aftetnoou, *Cabe called at Mr. Flint's shop, and asked for a pair of troneera, which he had some tithe before left in pawn for 10s.; he threw down in payment a coin,' which in size and colour resernblcsl a sovereign, but not in sound, and on otainination Mr. Flint discovered it to be a farthing, strongly gilt. Mr. Flint told him it wa s good for nothing, and M'Cithe said, ""if you do netlike it, I can give you another," and offered him a seeond, exactly similar ttrthe first. Mr. Flint took up both piecea and said, "'You have got a great many of these ?" MfCabe re zr. Charlton, plied,"No, a I have noz zti4_b more." f i l l, e i said he had taken them of East, in eliiiai'ni hiengefo wages.__ Mr. drawn by his mast e r, f or the purpose of pay i ng Me. Flint *cot his ahoptnau with the prisoner to Mr. Charl ton, who denied having exchanged a check for Captain -COrfield within the timestated by We it h e , so he was taken into custody. . When searched, no money whatever was found upon his person, or in pr i ll , '11 , 8 ; trunk.r or Q ha e° lived et K I with the a little more than three m ont h s; eay i seore fi fam id, iaiyhrother of the Captai n , sa id , t h e been entrust e d with cheeks, to get them el he bad frequently changed; and until now he had been found correct ; a n d two can markers had been lately lost from. the drawing-room, and he be- lieved the coins in the, po*. te i m i er i o f Mr. Flint to he the same. 'The prisoner said he found them in clearing the'roont after a party—one in a basin, the ether upon a waiter. Mr* BRminnrott said, the prisoner had evidently intended a fraud upon Mr. Flint, or a felony upon his Master, it was difficult to fa)" which; be . should t h erefore moire hail for his app eara nce again, if the Magistrates, open consideration, think it proper to proceed farther. WORSIIIP-STREET.A young fellow : lame d li v h es , mid a; female named Inpren,'*ith whoire he cohabited, were brought before Mr. ( )saris. tt it, on the following charge of felony : piti. l i t s o h h . tr o t ateli Loc ,.t 4 „h:a 7( e l a tti o es ti .T F a r y icia lo y r, i h n e o i r tii n h in o g rrl i g n lis co ot; ub t. o l .; i ca ye: , s ti some informatton they had received, they went tO, the lo rings m the prisoners in Britannia-street, City-rod, and on search;ng the apartments they found a skeleton key, a dark-lantern, a chain, and the three chairs produced. The prisoners were then in bed ; and Hughes, on being queStioned about the chairs, said he had half a dozen, but had sold the other three. Mr. Bright, of Old-street, broker, identified the chairs as hay ing been stolen from his shop about a week before, and the chain produced was one that he had used to fasten the chairs in his shop. The female prisoner cried and protested her innocence. Hughes also seemed to think it his cue to cry, and occasionally applied a handkerchief to his tearless eyes. Hughes was fully committed. The female was discharged. CORONER'S INQUESTS. On Saturday evening an inquest was held in the Com mittee-room of St. Thomas's Hospital, High-street, Borough, before THOMAS SnEi)roN, Esq., Coroner, on the body of Benjamin Harrison, aged 30, who was killed on Friday last at the Coburg Theatre, in consequence of an explosion of foul air being ignited by a lighted candle. The case excited considerable interest, and, prior to the arrival of Mr.' Shelton, several persons connected with the theatre were in attendanee. The Jury being sworn, they viewed the body, which appeared to be dreadfully injured, On their return to the jury-room, Mr. George Baldwell Davidge, proprietor and manager of the Coburg Theatre, deposed, that on Friday morning last, about twelve O'clock, he was on the stage of the theatre, with several other per formers, attending a rehearsal, when his attention was attracted by a dreadful explosion, which seemed to pro ceed, from the aleove of the theatre. He ran immediately from the Stage towards the gasometer, when he found that Litt explosion had taken place, but the air was so excessively dense, and the smell so strong, that he was necessitated to return as quick as possible. Witness afterwards went back, and discovered the deceased lying at the tope of the gasometer, in a state of insensibility and two other indi. viduals, named Webb a n d Dawso n , who were employed in the theatre, were lying close by, unable to move, and dreadfully inj ur ed inconsequence of the accident. Wit ness instantly gave orders to the workmen in the establish ment to have them removed for medical assistance, aad they were as speedily as possible conveyed to this hospital. It appeared, from the statement of Mr. Davidge, that the gasometer stood Contiguoui to the ...Aleatre, and• was ori ginally used to make oil gap, when, it not being found to answer the purpose, it had been diseontinued for the last two years. The gasometer had been in the water during that period, and no notice taken of it; it was in the centre of the tank, and the deceased, with the other meet, were employed in pumping out the water. But one of the men (Dawson), although repeatedly cautioned not to take a light near the place, unfortunately disobeyed the orders, or the fatal occurrence would not have happened. The gasometer had rebounded against the ceiling, and the in juries which the deceased received was by being crushed by the gasometer:against, the ceiling. Mr. Davidge further stated, that as the Coburg Theatre was a public establish ment, it was necessary to explain, and he wished it to , be distinctly understood, that the gas was in no way connect ed with the explosion, as they had their supply from the regular gas-works, but it proceeded only from the accumu lation of foul air underneath the gasometer. Mr. James Astley Ingatestone, assistant-surgeon to the above hospital, stated; that the deceased was brought to the hespital between one and two o'clock on Friday last, in a state of insensibility. Some of the brains were pro truding through the right ear, and his hair was singed. He died about half-past two o'clock, in consequence of the injuries he had received. Witness did not open the body of the 'deceased,' as it' was not allowed without the consent of the relationS: (Here a messenger entered the jury -room, with the in telligence that the unfOrtunate man WilliaM Webb bad that moment breathed his last. On this being announced, a most peculiar sensation was felt' throughout the room.) The Jury were again sworn, and Mr. Davidge recapitu leted Ins evidence. Mr. Ingatestone, the surgeon, stated, that the deceased man,•W ebb, was brought in, at the same time with Harri son ; he had a fracture on • the - collar-bone, and a violent blow on the eye. The severity , of the blows had injured the lungs on the left side; he laboured under symptoms usual to persons having received injury on the brain. Mr: SHELTON remarked, that there did not appear from the evidence which they had received, that any blame was attributable to the proprietor of the theatre. The' Jury instautly returned a verdict of " Accidental Death." During the investigation Mr. Daviilge appeared'to be deeply affected for the fate of the relatives of the unfor tunate men. Harrison has a wife and one child, and Webb a wife and five children, totally destitute ; and it appears that Mr. Davidge 'expects to be able to alleviate their affliction by raising a subscription. We are happy to state that Dawson, the Other• man injured, is in a fair way of recovery. NAPOLEON'S LlYE.—We'•learii• with satisfaction that four volumes of Sir Walter Scott's Life of Na poleon are already nearly printed ;''what will not in dustry and talent united accomplish ? The work is to consist of six volumes ; the first two are, we understand, preliminary ; the last four devoted to the life ; and the public will rejoice to. hear, that the continued good health and steady, habits of application of the author give full and agreeable promise of the completion of this labour in good time.-- , Seotsman. THE RETORT COURTEOUS.--A lady, very like her sister, was looking in the . glass ; and seeing a face there, said to her sister, who was standing behind her, " I am surprised you, can think of going into. corn. parry with such a dirty face." " The remark," said the sister, " ix not A 9 mal-apro , pos as you imagine, for the face you see in the glass is not mine, but your own !"—Stockport Advertiser. SINGULAR OCCURRENCE.--4 few nights since the watchman on the beat in Great Bath-street, Clerkenwell, was alarmed by 'repeated screams of " 'Watch, watch !" which he soon ascertained pro ceeded from an elderly gentlewoman in a white cotton night-cap. On reaching liaker's-court, from whence the melody issued, the affrighted spinster requested him to search the house, for she had just been• awakened by the limpid of a wagon and horses eau tioust.y'(how mysterious!) ascending up stairs towards leer bed-chamber. The watchman, with the usual politeness of that accomplished fraternity, proceeded instantly toolook for the burglarious vehicle ; hut it had f somehow or - o th er , evaporated, together with the quadrupeds. The n ex t day all the. gossips in the neighbourhood were a t wo rk to solve this: mystery, and an unusual abundance of thick heads were shaken portentously on the occasion. Some declared that the old gentlewoman knew ,more 'about the matter report that she had than modesty allowed her to, "communicate ; others il that the alarm pro (the more magitlative ic s n e e settled down into from ad a t a l d i ; e yisi c ):L o ntht i c e fiee t ov i w o eu or infant stamped with. these aforesaid marks. been safely olslivered of a still-born waggon and horses, Mr. Colton 's Stamford Ghost) was abode in the coal cellar, fact ta t k h e a n t t a i p bl h tic t explained, in the oni cat, of superb ya k t t es least r.i e s except x f c e a n t irl and; being somewhat hivingly given, (as the best of' us must sometimes be had passed thepight 'in q uestion by chasing the old s favourite tabby circumference,ce llar, had up a nd down stairs, till his a fi ndingimportunities use less, he had given up all furl er pursuit, and, like a philosopher, laid himself d own i n the coa l- ce ll ar,_to meditate on the caprice of 'th e fair sex.- The de fenceless innocent, we understand, was punished by from th e ho use, whic h hi s intrusion instant expulsion u c i x te p c u t lsi on MEETINGS O 1 CIMITORS. LONDON DIARY, WZDNESDAY, Sure. IS. (At the Court of Commissioners.) T. Rarnard, Strand, silversmith P. Chairman, Piccadilly, jeweller T. Smith, Kentish-town, bookseller T. White, Mincing-lane, wine-broker COUNTRY DIARY, WzDNxspi,r, Sxrr. 13. ~.at 10 R. Bunn, Neweastle-upon-Tyne--at the Turf Hotel, New castle-upon-Tyne at 11 D. Forster, Otley, York—Black Horse, Otley . J. Harris, Narberth—White Hart, Pembroke ao• J. Palmer, Shrewsbury—Guildhall, Shrewsbury .......... J. Spencer, Burnley, Lancaster—Thorn Inn, Burnley ••• 11) Square and Co., kingsbridge—King's Arms, Kingsbritige lu J. Stephens, Coombe—Commercial-rooms, Bristol .• ....... J.'Young, Coleford, Gloucester-.. Spread Eagle, Gloucester HOP INTELLIGENCE. WORCESTER, Sun. 7.—We have between SOO and 400 peke" of New Hops at market. On Saturday 303 were sold, averaging from 85s. to 955., fine 100 s. Of old, 50 were sold, last year's, 755. to 8.55. It is expected that 1,500 or 2,000 new pockets will be at market on Saturday ; it seldom happened that so large a quantity of new hops have been brought in so early. The qua' lity is excellent. CANTERBURY, SarT. 7.—Our picking is now general iiterery ground ; the poles are fast falling. Notwithstanding tire blast and red rust, East Kent will produce some tine samples. Th" will be a plentiful crop, too, and about this neighbourhood may fairly be averaged at 10 cwt. per acre. Some of the grounds have gone off very much within these few days. Duty laid sr 245,000/. We have, in the vicinity of Canterbury, abou t 7°() acres of hop ground in cultivation. CRANBROOK, Ss i v. s.—Our hop harvest has cnonl encej pretty generally in this neighbourhood, with the prospect of as abundant crop. We are sorry to say, that within the last wee considerable alarm has been excited by a very sudden aPPc` tra " e of what is termed the red rust ; it is not"the mould, but the hop t ; are of a tan colour, and it appears rapidly increasing, which ‘ vi injure both colour and quality. Many grounds on the borders of Sussex appear to be affected with it. LIVERPOOL COMMERCIAL INTELLIGEN, LIVERPOOL, SATURDAY, SETT. 9.—We have had a good ar " mand for British Plantation Sugar, and the sales amount to lO t) Mid, at full prices, Anti in some instances a trifling further ad vance. Nothing dont in East India or other foreign Sugars. In cwt.coe about o 2 u2 s ts o :4sha. g; Molasses, a sale of 50- puncheons of Demerara at 30a. is the ofilY a one. In Rum about 130 puncheons, at various prialp ha ve bee : sold, but without any material alteration. Coffee has imPre ve ' casks sold, of aica s nod little "al I : Ba r; r t d a oes fiv une G ij3a i h i m i Pimento nothing done. The demand for Ashes continues. About 500 barrels pot (Montreal), at 2Ss. a 245. for old, and : 14- s• t 7 265. for new ; and 100 barrels Pearl at 25c. a , 2 6 e• r"": 15 In Dyewood, few sales, and those without alteration, 01 ig tons Campeachy Logwood, at 71. s a . a 7 guineas' :70 Jamaica, ; SO tons Cuba Fustic at elh " 81 ' tt tons Nicaragua Wood (solid), at 21/ , and 10 tons Bra , t) goo d re ques4, Wood at 5/. 13s. a 6/. per ton. Quicitron Bark in the present 'prices being very low has induced Per ann tr ' fi n d their attention to it, and 250 Mids. Philadelphia have °ten been id so for ai l:2 l 7 r per at 125., and a few barrels at 125..6d. In Ili4o bas o done, 200 dry salted Olt and Cow Brazil' at bid. per lb., 12 ‘' and 150 Bow; salted West India at 44., 1,300 Cape at 3d.. ger, Ayres Horse Hides at ss. each. In Skins nothing done' In (I' d tine, at 60s. In Bark about 50 tons German have been sold at 4/. a 4/. 10s. ; I ", t . 25 tons Cork Tree Bark at 8/. per 14)11. In Brimstone very litue doing. Saltpetre in demand and advancing. In Tar 1;000 hor rels of Stockholm sold at 15s. per barrel, and 1,500 barrels To' pentine at 9s. 6d. a I Os. per cwt. ; 4,000 bags Sicily Shn a t, sold at 10s. 6d. a Ila.; 50 bags Verona at 7s. a 7s. Sd. bags Malaga at 13a. per cwt. In Carolina Rice small sale" do g' been made at 225. per cwt.' for middling quality. I n di g o is dog' 30 chests sold. Madraaat ss. Id. ; and Bengal at 41. 841. 6d. per lb. 1 an d In Cotton we have had a very animated demand this Wee an advance of id. per lb. on American and Egyptian. The 1 1 4 4 , are 6,300 bags Uplands at bid. a 7d. ; 2,000 New Orleans at v a Bid. ; 5,700 Alabama at bid. a bid . ; 400 S ea bloods' .° 11 id. a 20d. ; 200 stained ditto at 61-d. ; 750 . PernanibucOal 10A.d. a Id. ; 1,150 Maranhani at a 9td. ; 150 Bahia! Sid. a 9d. ; 100 Para at Sit. a 8 d. ; 70 Barbadoes at bid, a 6ia ; 30 West India at 74(1. ; 3,600 Egyptians at lid. a Rd. ; oad 4 ' s " Surats at bd. a bid. per lb , making a total of about 221 00 t )bs i r of which 1,000 Egyptia ns a n d 3,000 American have been ta ke" on speculation, and 1,200 Braails'and $OO American for and 2,000 Egyptian and American for Glasgow. • COU JTRY CORN MARKETS DURING LAST NYEZK Wheat. Barley. Oats. Ba n resit, e s. Per Quarter.. a. to s. s. to a. s. to a. s. to 6. . s ,'• Andover. 54 sti 29 30 22 30 46 3 2 Bath _ 52 60 36 40 30 36 56 60 . Boston.-- 46 54 30 34 .22 24 42 4 , - Bridgewater ..—. 68 36 4a 40 Bristol r4 60 40 41 29 22 36 6 0 '' 63 39 33 41 C o lobester 56 66 28 SO. 24 SO 34 41) 44 Daventry . 56 68 35 40 30 36 42 52 47 'Doncaster , 56 60' '3O '42 28 30' 4.1 48 Gloucester. . 56 62 36 .40 28 37 SI 50 _, Grantham—, 55 60 30 40 Eg 35 48 DJ 12 ifexharn „ 50 66 33 4u 28 5 Leeds ,_ 5B OT :12 37 21 26 41 r, Leicester, _ 6l 65 35 39 .31 3il 52 Lincoln 52 57 26 30 bri Loughborough ; -- 3H 32 Louth ~ _ 50 37 110 40 28 33 48 .^' Lynn . 52 60 34 .38 25 28 4 6 52 ,,, Itlarketlfarboro',.. 55 62 38 40 31 .38 54 •• • Morpeth 48 36 35 26 30 A g 50 Newcastle. _ 5O 5,9 26 MI 28 32 4 3 ' . O Ramsey' 51 tit .34 36 24 28 44 60 44 48 80 '42 36 27 30 56 4t 4u 40 Sandwich tBl 34 33 26 28 3 0 g o 42 Sheffields4 64 27 36 24 30 41 go Shepton Mallet .. 56 430 38 44 30 34 56 Sunderland 54 58 . 50 Tatinton...--.... 52 61 33 42 24 32 52 60 UpPitigham 56 60 3 , c, 40 30 36 50 6. , Uxbridge 60 '7l 32 36 30 35 56 -* Wakefie1d...,...... 49 06 30 41' 213 3 6 t i a . 56 Wantage 45 GI 32 36 31 37 *, Winchester Yarmouth 52 58 24 28 26 28 :Pi, 4 Yeovil 56 60 36 40 30 34 37 . 6 A ' ~d. York., .62 31 42 26 •34 ' l ° sd• l l 0 0 Per Bushel. s. d. s . d . s . d. s. d. a. ti. a. d. t; A 8 ' 6 Binninghara......... 7 0 7. 5 4 6 0 4 9 5 lA' 0 0 10 &Minh) 00 0 .0 0 00 00, 00 2 X 6 6 o Buckingham-- 76 90 50 60 40 4 2 ' a ; 0"„" A o Cheltenham 80 00 50 00 4 6 02 „." 7 2 ",, 90 Coventry ---- 76 78 54 d 0 46 (" a ; to 0 2„" o iiereibrd ----- 10 0 11. 070 80 00' 40 g" A to 0 ( 1, g " 0 Newcastle (Star.) 9 6 911 0 0 0 0 5(1 6 e 1 0 A " it 0 0 Northallerton —. 6 9 .6 5 0 53 4 0 4 6 ‘i, a e- 0 0 -- 00 . Penrith 00 '8 20u 53 4 o ' o `; ‘ 0 0 a 0 ‘' Shrewsbury 3 10 70 00 96 10 11 0 X it r o _ a , - 99 Stafford 90 9-$ -0 0 00 50 16 X 6 7 Y.. if 0 Warwick ----. 7 4 8 0 5 3 56, 4 9 5 6 86 10 Worcester 74 80 54 64 4U 5 0 1 ' 0 IS ° Ter BalL " " 14 till, ito Ilarnardcastle..... 12 0 16 9 0 14 - 6 7 0 8 0 n - 1 3 O A ° 110 Darlington ...-- 12 0 15 r 8 4 10 It 7 6 8 2 I X : " 12 i f; n - 0° Durham --- It 0 14 9010 3 0 0 r'X 0 0 0 0 Stanhope 0 139 00 100 70 `Of n to 0.. y o n Stockton 12 0 I.'l 4 , 0 0,0 7 0 0 0 ~, 0 Ou Woleingharn ...... 12 6 14 , 4 0 0 0 7 0 BIRTHS. At Talkington Lodge, Cheshire, the 1 3, 4 °I Fowden Hindle, of a eon. On the 27th ult., at Appleton-eotage, Chi Thomas Pan, Esq., of a daughter. Cptaia ~Villisi 'hire, the 114 °I On the 9th i nst., at S i t i-AY Sor iti ‘ Erl ' • +wok , b Y the 11f1:1; wm. . • tour the Ho .s t i t. Cm ann, A.M., i n ll p ia rny's e m m il o it l a k r l y lu se n r - v i3P ice ' aria 1%El: MariaAn On nMtti: Johnston,l l ee i g ilts a t nlhi,,tiet daughter daughter o:f a o sii: f nia nr G t vin e o e irne . fi G .itaa w mu i t j4 , ln:ol o b r n. ;: t)tirt i: :, : i ii ir ,f ,loa ti rs t i tit :A poeb l: ol ta, it r. Fish-Area-hi% to Sarah Ann, fourth da ughter. of 11Ir. c. son, Richmond, Surrey. Gagne, t li he le B i t s h t inst., s io, t t a il.sql., of thel: Lincoln's inn. • iampstead, William Franc Light Dragoons , son a Montague. On the ni t eft if, le 3lst. ult., at BI kh ath Geoff Union-place, ac e , Esq., agi A 54. . tie On the Bth inst., at Grosvenor•atreet, 'Walworth, •',""* only daughter of John Aylwin, FA. , sged,s4. 't' hilin On the 7th inst Halstead, Bowe ' M tl . wilt' 0 * * •, at lt, all, IL GreenlVUW, Esq, in the 34th year of her age. i 'pi Nil ,. On the 19th ' t after three days' illness, agt" '" ' . . Ins ~ Pearson, relict of the late John Pearson, Em., of Goblin- lo'' 2atdtiPltun D kt l e ßD 4il,. Robert CopfleAykiiiiltninirs;w;:roorit. Prtn' ted and . by At. YOUNG, sus Orric,s! No. 1114 StrancL